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What is Climate-Smart Agriculture? Background, opportunities and challenges
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach aimed at addressing food security, climate change adaptation, and mitigation through efficient practices, policies, and financing. The FAO emphasizes the need for sustainable food production systems to cope with increasing global demand, projected to rise by 60% by 2050, while also tackling the adverse effects of climate change on agriculture. Examples of CSA include enhancing agricultural resilience and efficiency through better practices and protecting vulnerable communities from price fluctuations.
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Defines CSA, outlines its background, opportunities, and challenges presented at COP 20.
Highlights key sections of the presentation: the rationale for CSA, its definition, and examples.
Explains the interconnected challenges of food security, climate adaptation, and climate mitigation.
Highlights population growth projections and FAO's estimate of a 60% increase in agricultural production needed by 2050.
Discusses the negative impacts of climate change on agricultural production, including variability and geographic shifts.
Details the vulnerability of certain countries and people, including smallholders, to food insecurity due to climate change.
Describes how agriculture can reduce emissions and enhance carbon sinks in soils.
Introduces CSA's framework to tackle interlinked challenges through practices, policies, and financial strategies.
Outlines CSA goals for efficient, resilient food systems that provide more food sustainably and adapt to climate change.
Emphasizes the need for resilient food systems that protect vulnerable groups and address sustainability threats.
Focuses on preserving agro-forestry practices in Tanzania's Kihamba landscape.
Details on sustainable yak grazing in Qinghai, China, promoting better livelihoods.
Highlights the role of CSA in enhancing the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Kenya and Tanzania.
Stresses the importance of genetic diversity, exemplified by potato varieties in Peru.
Discusses a landscape-level approach to planning in the Kagera river basin, Rwanda.
Promotes innovations in farming practices, focusing on rice farmers in Tanzania through cooperation.
Wraps up the presentation, expressing thanks.
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What is Climate-Smart Agriculture? Background, opportunities and challenges
- 1. What is Climate-SmartAgriculture? Background, opportunities and challenges Global Landscape Forum 7/12/2014, Lima, COP 20 Alexandre Meybeck, FAO
- 2. Outline •Why CSA •What do we mean by CSA •Some examples
- 3. A Triple Challenge •Food Security and Nutrition: more food, in quantity, quality and diversity, everywhere for everyone •Adapt to Climate Change •Contribute to mitigate Climate Change
- 4. A growing demand -World’s population will increase by one-third by 2050 -In some countries, population will double, or more. -FAO estimates that global agricultural production will have to increase by 60% to satisfy increased demand, driven by population growth and diet changes
- 5. Main effects ofclimate change on agricultural production •Decrease of production in certain areas •Changes in the geography of productions •Increased variability of production
- 6. Impact on Foodand Nutrition Security •Impacts on the most vulnerable countries •Impacts on the most vulnerable people, including small holders •Impacts on food security and nutrition
- 7. Agriculture can contributeto mitigate •Reduce emissions per kg of output (decorrelate production growth and emissions growth) •Enhance agricultural soil carbons sinks
- 8. Concept of CSAfirst presented by FAO in 2010. An approach to address these 3 interlinked challenges by appropriate: - practices - policies & institutions - finances
- 9. CSA Food systemsMore efficient and more resilient 1.More food, in quantity, quality and diversity 2.Adapt to Climate Change 3.Contribute to mitigate Climate Change More resource efficient systems: use less land, water, inputs to produce more food sustainably More resilient systems to changes and shocks
- 10. Increasing the generalresilience of food systems •Consider adaptation to CC as part of the broader need to build a more resilient food system •In the perspective of having to produce more food •Consider the needs and rights of farmers •Protect vulnerable groups and communities from major price swings •Lack of sustainability in food production is a key threat to resilience (HLPE, 2012)
- 11. Systems at different scales Gitz & Meybeck 2012
- 13. Preserving the Agro-forestrysystem on Mount Kilimanjaro Kihamba landscape, Tanzania
- 14. Sustainable grazing forbetter livelihoods in China Yak grazing in Qinghai, China
- 15. Woman harvesting inKenya Climate-smart agriculture for smallholder farmers in Kenya and Tanzania
- 16. Andean agriculture: theimportance of genetic diversity Varieties of potato for sale at the local market, Peru
- 17. A landscape approachfor policy making, planning, and monitoring in the Kagera river basin A panoramic view of Lake Burera, Rwanda
- 18. Promoting the developmentof urea deep placement in Nigeria through South/South cooperation Rice farmer examines his crop in Kiroka, Tanzania
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